HEDNA

aid: hedna
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hedna/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: HEDNA
kind: company
description: 'HEDNA (Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association) is a not-for-profit trade association founded in 1991
  and headquartered in Forest Hill, Maryland, United States, that convenes the hotel distribution industry — hotel chains,
  GDS operators, OTAs, switches, channel managers, payment providers and connectivity vendors — around shared best practice
  for hospitality electronic distribution. It sits alongside rather than inside the distribution chain: it moves no inventory
  and processes no bookings, but its Disciplines (Connectivity, Content Distribution, Payments, Data & Analytics, Revenue
  Optimization) produce recommendation documents, and it co-authored the Open Payments Alliance Standards Specification with
  HTNG and OpenTravel. HEDNA publishes no developer portal, no API, and no machine-readable specification on hedna.org; every
  probe of developer./developers./docs./api. subdomains and of /developers, /api, /docs, /openapi.json, /swagger.json, /api-docs
  and /.well-known/ failed (DNS failure or HTTP 404). Its publications library, research reports and HEDNA U courseware are
  gated behind paid membership at members.hedna.org (HTTP 403 Cloudflare challenge unauthenticated) and pathlms.com/hedna.
  Honest posture: member-gated documents, no public API, no exit path published.'
image: https://www.hedna.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-HEDNA-4C-FavIcon-2021-192x192.jpg
tags:
- Travel
- United States
- Hospitality
- Hotels
- Distribution
- Booking
- GDS
- Standards
- Trade Association
created: '2026-07-28'
modified: '2026-07-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.hedna.org/
- type: About
  url: https://www.hedna.org/who-we-are/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.hedna.org/blog/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://www.hedna.org/feed/
- type: Membership
  url: https://www.hedna.org/membership/
- type: Education
  url: https://www.hedna.org/hedna-u/
  name: HEDNA U
  description: Member-gated distribution education delivered through pathlms.com/hedna.
- type: Committees
  url: https://www.hedna.org/hednacommittees/
  name: Committees and Disciplines
- type: Events
  url: https://www.hedna.org/events/
- type: Insights
  url: https://www.hedna.org/insights/
  name: Insights
  description: Public insights page is a "Coming Soon" placeholder that redirects readers to the members-only publications
    library.
- type: MemberPortal
  url: https://members.hedna.org/
  name: Members-Only Portal
  description: YourMembership-hosted association management system holding the publications library and research reports;
    returns HTTP 403 behind a Cloudflare challenge to unauthenticated clients.
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.hedna.org/membership/
  name: Membership Dues
  description: Seven membership categories with published annual dues from $50 to $1,950; three categories additionally require
    Board approval. This is the only published price list — there is no developer or API pricing.
- type: SignUp
  url: https://members.hedna.org/general/register_member_type.asp
  name: Member Registration
  description: YourMembership member-type registration form linked from the membership page. Membership signup only; no developer
    or API signup exists.
- type: Login
  url: https://members.hedna.org/login.aspx
  name: Member Login
- type: GetInvolved
  url: https://www.hedna.org/get-involved/
  name: Get Involved
  description: Routes members into the five Disciplines (Connectivity, Content Distribution, Payments, Revenue and Data) on
    members.hedna.org.
- type: Sponsorship
  url: https://www.hedna.org/sponsorship/
- type: Conferences
  url: https://www.hedna.org/global-conferences/
- type: MobileApp
  url: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hedna-conferences/id6749077685
  name: HEDNA Conferences (iOS)
  description: First-party conference companion app published on the Apple App Store; built on the XCD Systems event platform.
    Not a developer SDK.
- type: MobileApp
  url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xcdsystem.hedna
  name: HEDNA Conferences (Android)
  description: First-party conference companion app published on Google Play; built on the XCD Systems event platform. Not
    a developer SDK.
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hedna-llms.txt
  name: llms.txt
  description: Generated llms.txt for HEDNA — states plainly that no API, SDK, or machine-readable specification exists so
    agents do not hallucinate one.
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hedna-domain-security.yml
  name: Domain Security Posture
  description: Probed TLS, HSTS, DNSSEC, CAA, SPF and DMARC posture for hedna.org and www.hedna.org.
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.hedna.org/privacy-user-consent/
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://www.hedna.org/code-of-conduct/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/79116
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr5sBUgES3SZkMVgC7E5k_A
- type: Email
  url: mailto:info@hedna.org
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com